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Native Iron from
Alessandria meteorite, Alessandria, Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Native Iron
Formula:Fe
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyroxene Group1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Iron data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alessandria meteorite, Alessandria, Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:533438
Long-form Identifier:1:3:533438:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Iron
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘValdinizza meteorite, Val di Nizza, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘBarbianello meteorite, Barbianello, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
40.3km (25.1 miles) ⓘMotta di Conti meteorite, Motta de' Conti, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy
41.8km (26.0 miles) ⓘCereseto meteorite, Cereseto, Alessandria province, Piedmont, Italy
92.1km (57.2 miles) ⓘTorino meteorite, Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
References
G.R.Levi Donati, G.P.Sighinolfi (1977): The Alessandria Chondrite: Major Components, Texture and Chemistry - Meteoritics, Vol. 12, p.291
 
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